Transmission Project Manager - Project Manager Principal

About the role

This role manages one or more intermediate and/or complex projects within a matrix team environment. Leadership, direction, training, coordination, and effective communication are provided to initiate, plan, execute, monitor, and control projects. Relationships are developed and effectively communicated with all stakeholders including internal and external customers, team members, suppliers, contractors, vendors, and industry peers.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, direct, coordinate, and supervise assigned project activities.
• Utilize various project management principles and techniques (Waterfall, Agile) and successfully implement these techniques in project management.
• Support and hold employees and contractors accountable for the AEP System Safety Process, ensuring a safe working environment focused on Zero Harm.
• Manage, develop, review, and coordinate the project/outage plan, schedule, and budget.
• Manage cost and timely reallocation of funding.
• Effectively communicate project details and status updates.
• Lead planning meetings and project updates including typical stakeholder presentations.
• Provide clear and concise written and oral reports and other communications.
• Develop and actively manage working relationships with the project team, plant and operating company staff, internal and external customers or partners, contractors, vendors, and suppliers.
• Foster teamwork and actively pursue customer satisfaction.
• Provide specific guidance, instruction, and training to improve design, systems, procedures, processes, schedules, and costs.
• Confidently challenge others at a level of informed understanding in all project work.
• Ensure maximum customer satisfaction and demonstrate effective and efficient performance of project work activities on intermediate project level at a minimum.
• Mentor other project managers.
• Direct and supervise sub-team project managers as assigned.
• Develop and manage procurement plans for necessary outside resources.
• Manage contracts for outside services, including developing requests for proposals, evaluating competitive bids, selecting vendors, participating in contract negotiations, overseeing vendor performance/quality, ensuring work is performed in accordance with the contract, etc.
• Conduct and supervise closeout processes, including an analysis of the success of the project with respect to accomplishing the project objectives and realizing project benefits.
• Develop an understanding of the AEP project management organizational standards and assist in the management of projects to those standards.
• Manage programs as assigned.

Requirements

Based on education, experience, interview and internal equity, this opportunity will be filled commensurately at either title. For this posting, minimum requirements are stated at the lower grade. Increased expectations are at the higher grade.

Qualifications

• Education/Experience: Bachelor’s degree in construction management, Engineering, Business, Project Management, Computer Science, or related field of study dependent upon business unit requirements with three (3) years qualified experience, Two-year Associate’s degree in the same required disciplines with five (5) years of qualified experience, Or High School Diploma/GED with seven (7) years qualified experience (see below).
• Three (3) years of qualified experience as a PROJECT MANAGER ASSOCIATE (Grade 6) as applicable is preferred, OR demonstrated competencies, knowledge, and skillset through achieved results in a shorter timeline. Qualified experience includes outage management activities, Business/financial administration, major construction field experience, project estimating, project controls, project engineering, and/or comparable internal or external experience in a competitive production environment. Knowledge in construction safety, negotiations, scope development and control, cost estimating, construction contracting, project controls and reporting, and quality control would be beneficial. Experience in utilities, commercial nuclear power, and/or IT systems is favorable.

Skills

• PMP certification is preferred but not required.
• Valid state driver's license is required.

Benefits

In addition to competitive compensation, AEP offers a unique comprehensive benefits package that aims to support and enhance the overall well-being of our employees.

Pay

$63,496 - $151,132 / Year

Schedule

Typically 25% or less travel may be required however greater travel may be required in support of specific assignments.